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The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop. March Blue Hour is a collaboration with AWP. Stay tuned for more info!Each event takes place at Haymarket House (800 W. Buena Ave.) and includes a brief open mic followed by two featured poets. Pre-registration is free and recommended. The open mic includes five readers drawn lottery-style from a hat that goes out at 7:15pm. The reading starts promptly at 7:30pm. Each open mic poet reads one poem or for three minutes, whichever comes first.
EVENT DETAILS:
* Workshop (registration required) begins promptly at 6pm and ends at 7pm
* Performance space doors open and open mic sign-up begins at 7pm
* Reading (registration recommended but not required) begins at 7:30pm, followed by community gathering time
* Reading registration is free; the workshop is sliding scale with a suggested donation of $10
Stay tuned for registration links here:
https://www.poetrycenter.org/event/blue-hour-ft-awp-readers-tba/
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Helene Achanzar is a poet and editor whose writing has been published in The Georgia Review, Sixth Finch, Oxford American, and elsewhere. Winner of the 2022 New England Review Award for Emerging Writers, her work has been supported by the Mastheads, T.S. Eilot Foundation, and the Chicago Architecture Biennial. She is a senior editor for Poetry Northwest, a regional chair for Kundiman, and the director of programs at the Chicago Poetry Center.
ABOUT THE HOST
Marty McConnell is a poet, educator, and healer based in Chicago. She is the author of when they say you can’t go home again, what they mean is you were never there, winner of the 2017 Michael Waters Poetry Prize; her first full-length collection, wine for a shotgun, received the Silver Medal in the Independent Publishers Awards and was a finalist for both the Audre Lorde Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Her first nonfiction book, Gathering Voices: Creating a Community-Based Poetry Workshop, is available through YesYes Books. She is the co-creator and co-editor of underbelly, a web site focused on the art and magic of poetry revision. An MFA graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including Best American Poetry, Southern Humanities Review, Gulf Coast, and Indiana Review.
ABOUT THE SPACE
Each event includes ASL interpretation. All restrooms at Haymarket House are gender-neutral, including single-user and stalled restrooms. Masks are encouraged for all events, and the room is equipped with a professional air filtration system.
Haymarket House (800 W. Buena Ave.) is ADA compliant and fully wheelchair-accessible. Email [email protected] to ensure ramp access and to let us know about any other accessibility needs.
Find out more here: https://www.poetrycenter.org/the-2026-2027-blue-hour-season/
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Haymarket House, 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613-1612, United States
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